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Galina Ustvolskaya: ‘Sind Sie mir nicht böse!’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Thea Derks
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The last sounds of her Third Symphony have died down; conductor Valery Gergiev turns about, clapping. A wave of surprise and emotion passes through Amsterdam Concertgebouw as Galina Ustvolskaya, shy but determined, climbs the stage. The audience, aware of the historic significance of this moment, continues applauding for some minutes, and she returns to the stage a second time. But this time she turns about half-way up the stairs, and leaves the hall.

Type
Research Article
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Tempo , Issue 193 , July 1995 , pp. 31 - 33
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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* Galina Ustvolskaya's Symphony No.3, Jesus, Messiah, save us! was premièred in Amsterdam on 18 January by members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev, followed after the interval by Shostakovich's Symphony No.4. The programme was repeated on 19 and 20 February; Ustvolskaya attended all three performances of her symphony, always leaving before the Shostakovich. Thea Derks spoke to her at her hotel in Amsterdam on 20 February; the interview was conducted in German (in which, Thea Derks notes, Ustvolskaya is fluent, despite her disclaimers) and published in Dutch in the 4 Febrary 1995 issue of Vrij Nederland. It appears here for the first time in English, in Ms Derks' own translation.